Seminar // Starchitecture, TU Delft, March 22, 2017

How and why do spectacular works get commissioned and procured? What are their visible urban effects? What can urban planners, architects and policy makers learn in order to engage in more successful city-making?

In this presentation, Davide Ponzini explains and critiques a growing global condition, revealing how starchitecture has been and continues to be deployed in cities around the world. These arguments are vital to understand the urban landscapes of today and tomorrow.